#summary PAM authentication module
#labels Stage-Alpha,Type-Auth
= Introduction =
This module makes Prosody authenticate users against PAM (Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules)
= Setup =
Create a {{{/etc/pam.d/xmpp}}} with something like this:
{{{
auth [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so obscure sha512 nodelay
auth requisite pam_deny.so
auth required pam_permit.so
}}}
And switch authentication provider in the Prosody config:
{{{
authentication = "pam"
}}}
= Compatibility =
Compatible with 0.9 and up